Sweet Laravel prebinding for model.

Laravel Models

<?php
// Base as in "Base" Model--others inherit from this one
class BaseModel extends \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model
{
	public $incrementing = false;

	protected function gen_uuid() {
	    return sprintf( '%04x%04x-%04x-%04x-%04x-%04x%04x%04x',
	        // 32 bits for "time_low"
	        mt_rand( 0, 0xffff ), mt_rand( 0, 0xffff ),

	        // 16 bits for "time_mid"
	        mt_rand( 0, 0xffff ),

	        // 16 bits for "time_hi_and_version",
	        // four most significant bits holds version number 4
	        mt_rand( 0, 0x0fff ) | 0x4000,

	        // 16 bits, 8 bits for "clk_seq_hi_res",
	        // 8 bits for "clk_seq_low",
	        // two most significant bits holds zero and one for variant DCE1.1
	        mt_rand( 0, 0x3fff ) | 0x8000,

	        // 48 bits for "node"
	        mt_rand( 0, 0xffff ), mt_rand( 0, 0xffff ), mt_rand( 0, 0xffff )
	    );
	}

	public static function boot() {
		parent::boot();
		static::creating(function($model) {
		  $model->id = $model->gen_uuid(); // or something that generates a better UUID
		});
	}
}